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Future Functionality and Suggested Improvements

Functions that will be added in the future. Please feel free to make suggestions by adding a comment at the bottom of the page.

See the distance from the starting point at each marker

Save the map state along with each route (position, zoom and map type)

Show more than one saved route at once

Option to stay logged in

Export the route to CSV / Excel

Export the distance between each adjacent point

Version History

Version

Date

Description

1.0

14/07/2008

First version

1.1

18/07/2008

Added signup and login

1.2

19/07/2008

Added save and load route (page goes live)

1.3

04/08/2008

Added option to delete a route

1.4

16/08/2008

Option to make a route public or private (default is private) & added send route via email option

1.5

01/09/2008

Increased store limit of routes from 135 points to something much larger

2.0

18/01/2009

Email validation on account signup

2.1

18/01/2009

Route validation on save. There must be at least one point of the map and the route must have a name

2.2

29/01/2009

Update to back-end saving mechanism

3.0

22/11/2010

Now uses Google Maps API V3 (inc. new features found in the recent update to Google Maps Distance Calculator such as saving your last route, map position and map settings in a local cookie)
Improved signup procedure - detects if username is already in use
Improved signup procedure - option to request new password
Option to change your password when logged in
Ability to rename a route
Ability to save (re-save) an existing route rather than having to save new routes all the time
Option to save notes for each route
Post your route to Twitter
Post your route to Facebook
Export route to KML option

3.1

29/11/2010

Option to allow a user to delete their account and all data permanently

Comments For This Page

Can you please advise how to print a map so it's on a single page without ads? Thank you On 29th November 2018

Hi Keith, there is no directory or search for public routes. At the moment it is just a setting to allow the link to be shred and viewed without login By Daft Logic on 5th November 2018

Is the "Snap to road" function not available anymore? By Andre on 5th November 2018

I have a suggestion for a feature: Added ability to import list of GPS coordinates into a route. This would allow for importing routes from the non-advanced distance calc, as well as make possible creating variations from segments of routes already defined.

Also, any chance of the elevation tracking coming back? That was a great feature.

Thanks for your great work! By Taylor on 1st November 2018

"Snap to roads" still does not work as previously reported. Is anyone from Daft Logic monitoring these comments? By Ray on 29th September 2018

Hi Daft Logic, I still can't figure out how to search for other routes that people have made public, can you advise please? I have been making a few routes and setting some as public and some as private but I've no idea how to find other public routes. By Keith Lazzari on 15th August 2018

Well, your new app is not working. After entering the address its not pointing to the address or showing any marker on map. Please fix this. Thanks a millions! By Jesse on 2nd August 2018

Dear Daft Logic For some reason I am unable to export the KML; is there a problem or is it me?? Many thanks On 1st August 2018

Is there an upgrade for this site that I can purchase in order to use as before By Julia Hamilton on 27th July 2018

I used to be able to find the air mile distance between 2 points by entering zip codes or city, country. I then could enter a 3rd point within the route, say to get the miles to the border of the state. Can this be done using this site? By Dee on 24th July 2018

Thanks for the feedback and closure Mike By Daft Logic on 17th July 2018

Dear Daft Logic Team Thank you very much, all working as normal now, well done....Best wishes Mike On 17th July 2018

Walt, can you confirm what steps you take please? Do you click [Load The Map] at the start ? By Daft Logic on 17th July 2018

I cannot enter specific addresses. The map is unresponsive. By Walt on 16th July 2018

Thank you for the speedy reply. I have tried again, The routes download as a list but when I click on one of them it will not open. I still get he same message 'Load the Map' on a red stripe across the page. The downloaded list doesn't have the full range of columns it had previously; could it be me?? Many thanks Best wishes Mike On 16th July 2018

Hi, [fix applied] please try again to load the saved routes. By Daft Logic on 16th July 2018

Hi Daft Logic Team - I am unable to download my saved routes for some reason. Is there a fault at the moment please? I am following the usual process to access them but the message I am getting is download map when I click on a saved route. Aall advice welcome please Many thanks Best wishes Mike On 16th July 2018

Hi can the elevation of points be restored to the service please? Height above sea level and distance to coast is a function I use daily for wind loading, i'm unable to check this with the new version! By wrighty on 16th July 2018

You can compare 2 results (routes) if you save them separately then load them one after the other. That way they will both appear on the map at the same time. By Daft Logic on 8th July 2018

Regarding "compare 2 or more routes". Thanks for the suggestion. Can you confirm what the application of this would be for you? What benefit or use-case do you have? By Daft Logic on 4th July 2018

Thanks. Link is now updated By Daft Logic on 4th July 2018

The link to the Google Maps API is broken On 4th July 2018

Hi, this is good, but wondering if there is a way we can compare 2 or more routes side by side? or at least the distances or something On 3rd July 2018

Thanks for the feedback Robert By Daft Logic on 9th April 2018

Absolutely brilliant!! I've just mapped out a cycle route following both roads and multi-use pathways using the selectable 'snap to route' options you added to the UI, and it works absolutely perfectly! It's now really easy to switch between 'off', 'roads' and 'walking' allowing great control in laying out a route. Thank you so much! By Robert on 9th April 2018

HI Robert, UI update has been made By Daft Logic on 8th April 2018

I have used this distance calculator tool mainly for planning CYCLE routes in my neighbourhood, but since winter cycling in Ontario, Canada isn't much fun (for me at least!) I haven't used it since last December. So today was my first use of the tool since Alex's comment of 3rd. Jan, and your response of 4th. Jan announcing the change of "travelMode" from WALKING to DRIVING. Unfortunately this change has made planning CYCLE routes, where I want to use multi-use pathways whenever possible as well as roads, much less user-friendly. I now have to keep switching the 'Snap to Roads' option to OFF to be able to map a route to follow a pathway, and then back ON to follow a road. Moreover it is now no longer possible to use the 'Snap to Roads' option to also 'Snap to PATHWAYS', which was the way the tool used to work back in December; now following non-roads seems only possible in point-to-point mode.

So I wonder if you might be able to make the DRIVING / WALKING choice into a user-selectable option in the UI as Alex had suggested? In fact I have found that the 'Snap to Roads' route choices made by the previous version (with the WALKING option) were usually very appropriate ever since the modification that you made 19/Oct/2017 following my previous comment on 15/Oct/2017; that modification seemed to mostly eliminate the sometimes bizarre route choices. But I still would find an option to UNDO the last 'batch of points' created under 'Snap to Roads', extremely useful if it could be implemented.

Thanks again for this great tool. By Robert on 23rd March 2018

Road labeled wrong when using Tejas Blvd, Mercedes, Tx. If reading from South to North on Tejas Blvd, Mercedes, Tx, the next road to the left should be named Shawnee Ave and not Santa Wan Dr. By Hidalgo County on 6th March 2018